Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board Business Plan2021 - 2022

With the inaugural five year Landscape Plan finalised in July 2021, we’re excited to shift focus from the high-level strategic needs of the region to putting the plan into action. There’s lots to do!

This business plan shows how the board will contribute to the five year Landscape Plan priorities for 2021-22. It sets out:

• the board’s revenue from levies and other funding sources

• what programs and activities the board will invest in.

The Hills and Fleurieu region faces significant opportunities and challenges over the next decade. How we respond as a regional community will shape the long-term health of the region. The business plan reflects the board’s emphasis on addressing a set of on-going issues, as well as tackling emerging challenges. For example, in 2021-22, the board will put a significant focus on:

• working with Councils towards locally eradicating priority weeds;

• supporting landholders with catchment recovery from the Cudlee Creek bushfires;

• reviewing the McLaren Vale Water Allocation Plan and supporting the development of a water security plan;

• facilitating regional dialogues and partnerships to stop the decline in woodland birds in the Mount Lofty Ranges; and

• building capacity in regenerative agriculture and adapting to a low carbon future.

We look forward to working with the region’s stakeholders to achieve the priorities of the Landscape Plan.

David Greenhough Chair of the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board

I, David Speirs, Minister for Environment and Water, after taking into account the requirements of section 51, and in accordance with Schedule 5, clause 95(3)(c), of the Landscape South Australia Act 2019, hereby adopt the Business Plan 2021-22 for the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board.

Hon. David Speirs MP Minister for Environment and Water

Acknowledgement of Yarta / Ruwi (Country)The Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board acknowledges the Peramangk, Kaurna and Ngarrindjeri Nations as the Traditional Owners of the region. We respect Aboriginal people’s deep knowledge and relationship with Yarta/Ruwi. We are committed to walking together with First Nations and Aboriginal people in planning for and managing landscapes.

ContentsThe board’s business plan ............................................. 2

Five priorities for sustainable landscape management ................................................. 4

Partnering across the region......................................... 6

Major funding partners in 2021-22 .............................. 8

Sources of funding ..........................................................10

Program investment .........................................................11

Board operations .............................................................14

Landscape and water levies.........................................16

The board’s business planThis annual business plan details how the board will contribute to the priorities of the regional Landscape Plan 2021-2026 in its first year. It shows how revenues from the board levies and external sources will be spent across a range of programs and projects in accordance with the board’s statutory obligations. These include:

• maintaining water allocation plans;

• supporting landholders to sustainably manage land, water-affecting activities, declared pest plants and animals and impact-causing native species;

• building community involvement in landscape management; and

• fostering biodiversity conservation and integrated landscape management.

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Fig 1. Income by funding source

Listening and facilitating dialoguesThe board will bring stakeholders together to develop a coordinated plan for tackling the decline in Mount Lofty Ranges woodland birds, develop a regional pest management strategy, and review the effectiveness of the McLaren Vale Water Allocation Plan.

Partnering, innovating and expanding investmentThe board will work with partners to deliver significant projects, including Bushfire and Catchment Recovery to provide support to landholders in the Cudlee Creek fire catchments. It will also focus on building new partnerships to attract investment and multiply our collective impact on critical issues.

Harnessing and building capacityThe board will continue to deliver core capacity-building programs to support landholders in managing weeds and pest animals, water-affecting activities and regenerative agriculture. It will also work with First Nations on projects to share cultural knowledge of landscape management.

Connecting to nature and shifting culture towards restorationThis year the board will seek to amplify the learning and impact of land management volunteers, innovators and ‘best practice’ case studies across the region. We are finding effective ways to support volunteers, promote opportunities that connect people with nature and build people’s active involvement in managing and restoring healthy landscapes.

Bringing the ambition, courage and creativity needed to succeedThe board will start work on key regional challenges, including moving towards carbon neutrality by auditing its own carbon footprint and understanding the emissions from land-related activities in the region. We will also work with industries on climate adaptation through a project funded by the Future Drought Fund.

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The board’s leadership approach in 2021-22The board has a critical part to play in addressing the region’s landscape challenges but it is one of many important stakeholders. Working collaboratively will be key to maximising our collective efforts.

To this end, the board will operate as a regional facilitator, catalyst and partnership builder. This role will involve supporting and aligning the landscape management work being done, fostering local capacity, championing innovation and helping share knowledge between stakeholders.

The specific investments shown in this document reflect the board’s commitment to putting its leadership principles (see Landscape Plan) into action. In 2021-2022, this will be done in the following ways:

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Five priorities for sustainable landscape managementIn 2020-2021 the board developed a 5-year Landscape Plan providing strategic guidance for addressing some of the region’s biggest challenges and opportunities. The Landscape Plan calls for an integrated regional approach by all stakeholders and articulates five priorities in the areas of Land, Water, Nature, Climate and Community. These Priorities, along with Focus Areas and Strategies, reflect the values and concerns of the region’s community and define where effort and investment is needed. The Priorities and Focus Areas are shown below.

Priorities Focus areas

LandRegenerating biodiverse and highly productive landscapes

L1. Reduce the impact and spread of weeds

L2. Reduce the impact of pest animals and impact-causing native animals

L3. Support the uptake of regenerative agriculture and land management

L4. Future-proof our agriculture

WaterManaging water resources sustainably

W1. Deliver water resource planning to meet ecological, economic, cultural and social needs

W2. Improve on-ground management of our water resources

W3. Build understanding of our water resources

NatureConserving natural places, ecosystems and wildlife

N1. Protect and restore our native vegetation and freshwater ecosystems

N2. Conserve and rehabilitate our coastal, estuarine and marine ecosystems

N3. Recover our threatened species and ecological communities

Climate Becoming a carbon neutral and climate resilient region

C1. Transition to net zero carbon emissions

C2. Build climate resilience of our nature

C3. Build climate resilience of our communities and agriculture

CommunityEveryone caring for our landscapes

P1. Foster a regional culture of landscape stewardship

P2. Walk alongside First Nations in looking after Yarta / Ruwi (Country)

P3. Strengthen shared understanding of landscape management challenges

P.4 Increase community capacity to manage our landscapes

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Vision A region inspired to protect its uniquely

biodiverse and productive landscapes

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Partnering across the region

McLaren Vale Water Allocation and Water Security PlanningWorking with industries, partner organisations and community to review the McLaren Vale Water Allocation Plan and to develop a Water Security Plan to ensure future availability of water for the region.

Grassroots GrantsSupporting individuals, volunteers, community groups, schools, and NGOs working at the local level on a not-for-profit basis to improve the management of natural and productive landscapes at the local level.

Priority Pest Control & Towards eradication: 20 Weeds by 2023Involving the development of a Regional Pest Plant and Animal Strategy, 20 eradication plans for priority weeds and multiple weed control projects with the region’s six councils focused on roadsides and reserves.

Local Economic Fire RecoveryWorking with Department of Primary Industries and Regions (DPIR) to deliver economic and landscape bushfire recovery in the Cudlee Creek firescar.

Engaging local contractors and consultants to deliver a range

of fire recovery activities such as pest plant and animal control, watercourse rehabilitation, pasture management and internal fencing.

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Partnering across the region

Future Proofing Agriculture and Building Drought

ResilienceFacilitating the sharing of information by connecting industry and agriculture groups and providing courses, workshops and field days to help rural landholders improve their knowledge of

regenerative land management and adapt to climate change.

Back from the Brink Reducing extinction risks and improving the long-term viability for 37 threatened species in the Mount Lofty Ranges.

Woodland Birds Resilience – Paddock Tree ProjectBuilding on five years of paddock tree

restoration in the eastern Mount Lofty Ranges, this project aims

to improve the resilience of declining woodland birds in low rainfall grassy woodlands, within the Cudlee Creek fire scar.

First Nations Partnerships Working to strengthen our shared

understanding of Kaurna, Ngarrindjeri and Peramangk

knowledge of Country, cultural practices and history.

Collaborating with First Nations to incorporate their interests and priorities into project design and delivery

across the region.

Australian Government The board is proud to partner with the Australian Government to deliver outcomes for the National Landcare Regional Land Partnerships (RLP) program. The Board is the Service Provider for the Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges management unit. It delivers Core Services, such as communications, regional planning, First Nations partnering and the Regional Agricultural Landcare Facilitator, and three 5-year projects: Healthy soils, Healthy Landscapes, Back from the Brink and Threatened orchids recovery. The projects contribute towards the following RLP outcomes:

• By 2023, the trajectory of species targeted under the Threatened Species Strategy, and other EPBC Act priority species, is stabilised or improved (RLP Outcome 2).

• By 2023, there will be increased awareness and adoption of land management practices that improve and protect the condition of soil, biodiversity and vegetation (RLP Outcome 5).

The Resilient Hills and Fleurieu project funded by the Future Drought Fund (FDF) NRM Grants is focused on increasing the resilience of farming systems in the region. Project activities will include developing multi-species summer fodder crop demonstration sites in partnership with the Fleurieu Farming Systems group; monitoring a commercial farm embracing regenerative agriculture, field days, case studies and developing a practitioners’ network.

Major funding partners in 2021-22

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Non-government organisationsA Foundation for National Parks and Wildlife Community Conservation Grant is supporting the Bandicoot Superhighway project to reduce the extinction risk of the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot in the Mount Lofty Ranges. By partnering with the Sturt Upper Reaches Landcare Group, DEW, private landholders, and the broader community, this project will undertake coordinated interventions in line with the regional recovery plan for this species.

Joint Australian and State GovtThe board and Department of Primary Industries and Regions are partnering to deliver the Building Back Better Agriculture and Land Management – Cudlee Creek Bushfire project. Co-funded by the South Australian and Australian Governments through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements, it will support:

• Cudlee Creek land managers in fire recovery through pest plant and animal, soil and watercourse management activities

• Economic recovery through engagement of local contractors and consultants

• Land managers building and maintaining disaster resilience and preparedness.

The Woodlands Birds Resilience project builds on a long term partnership with Trees for Life, delivering the Paddock Tree Project in the eastern Mt Lofty Ranges. With support from the Australian and South Australian governments, the aim is to improve the resilience of woodland bird populations by planting and protecting scattered native trees on grazing properties the Cudlee Creek fire scar. Working closely with DEW, this project will also produce a fire planning tool to help identify and prioritise locations for prescribed burning that will improve habitat quality for key threatened bird species.

South Australian Government The board is delivering the Catchment Recovery project for the South Australian government as part of the government’s bushfire recovery funding. The project will implement a grants program that supports private landholders with fencing and land management activities that restore catchments affected by the Cudlee Creek and Cherry Gardens bushfires.

The board will coordinate delivery of three projects funded by the Landscape Priorities Fund:

• For the Towards Eradication – 20 weeds by 2023 project, the board will develop 20 local eradication plans for priority weeds and will partner with councils to implement weed eradication on roadsides and council reserves.

• The Natural Resource Centres Building Capacity project will provide critical funding for the Natural Resources Centres across the Hills and Fleurieu, Northern and Yorke and Green Adelaide regions to support community participation in landscape management activities.

• The Restoring coastal and marine habitats for wildlife conservation project will be a collaboration between the board, Green Adelaide, councils, local community groups and volunteers to support Hooded Plover populations to remove weeds and revegetate dune systems from Myponga Beach to Goolwa. It will also partner with OzFish on ‘Seeds for Snapper’ seagrass restoration.

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Regional landscape levy 31%

Other 5%

South Australian Government 23%

Australian and SA Governments 17%

Australian Government 11%

Water levy 13%

Sources of fundingTable 1: Sources of funding in 2021-22

Funding source 2021-22 revenue ($) Landscape and water levies  

Regional landscape levy1 5,082,400

Water levy1 2,184,700

External funding  

Australian Government National Landcare Program Regional Land Partnerships2 1,059,100

Australian Government Future Drought Fund (FDF) NRM Grants Resilient Hills and Fleurieu 139,400

Australian and South Australian Government-funded Local Economic Recovery Fund (LERF) Building Back Better Agriculture and Land Management – Cudlee Creek Bushfire 2,343,400

Australian and South Australian Government-funded Woodlands Birds Resilience 400,000

Landscape Priorities Fund 292,200

Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife Bandicoot Superhighway 125,000

Service level agreement with Green Adelaide3 470,200

Service level agreement with landscape boards3 73,100

Other revenue  

South Australian Government (SG) Cudlee Creek Catchment Recovery (carry-over) 2,600,000

Landscape Priorities Fund (carry-over) 876,700

Approved push forward (levy) 125,000

Approved push forward (external) 550,000

Interest 10,000

TOTAL INCOME 16,331,200

1 Landscape levy income to be raised in 2021-22 is based on 1% actual CPI rate (September 2020 quarter, Adelaide) increase on the approved 2020-21 income, and water levy income is based on 1% increase on the 2020-21 water levy rates.

2 The H&F Landscape Board receives external funding to delivery programs and services. This includes the board delivering the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program: Regional Land Partnerships (RLP) services across the AMLR Management Unit.

3 Green Adelaide and the landscape boards collaborate on the delivery of some programs and services across regions. These arrangements are formalised by Service Level Agreements.

Figure 1. Income by funding source

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Program investmentThe board invests funding from the levies and other sources into delivering activities against the five priorities of the Landscape Plan. The following tables provide the anticipated expenditure against each priority, and Table 2 also indicates the Focus Areas that will be addressed by projects.

When reading the tables, note that the priorities and programs may be viewed by the board as being of equivalent importance but be allocated contrasting levels of funding due to inherent differences in operating costs. For example, water monitoring is more cost intensive than running capacity-building workshops.

Table 2: Expenditure by priorities and funding source in 2021-22

Priority Landscape and water levies ($)

External funding ($)

Total ($)

Land 1,840,300 1,173,400 3,013,700

Water 3,051,700 0 3,051,700

Nature 585,200 4,021,800 4,607,000

Climate 362,600 2,743,400 3,106,000

Community 1,562,300 990,600 2,552,900

Total expenditure 7,402,100 8,929,200 16,331,300

Figure 2. Expenditure by priority

Community16%

Water19%

Climate19%

Nature28%

Land18%

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Table 3: Project expenditure by priority and focus areas in 2021-22

Priority Primary focus areas Projects Levy funded expenditure

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Externally funded

expenditure ($)

Land L1. Reduce the impact and spread of weeds

Priority pests management 651,800 600,000

Towards eradication: 20 weeds by 2023 (LPF)1

Coordination of compliance activities

27,600 122,600

L2. Reduce the impact of pest animals and impact-causing native animals

Regional grazing pressure and impacting native animals

264,300 -

L3. Support the uptake of regenerative agriculture and land management L4. Future-proof our agriculture

Future-proofing our agriculture 386,600 139,400

Resilient Hills and Fleurieu (FDF)

Regional Agricultural Landcare Facilitator (RLP)

- 142,900

Healthy Soils, Healthy Landscapes (RLP)

41,700 168,500

  Program support2 468,300 -

Water W1. Deliver water resource planning to meet ecological, economic, cultural and social needs

Water planning for McLaren Vale, Eastern and Western Mt Lofty Ranges

599,500 -

W2. Improve on-ground management of our water resources

Management of watercourses and water resources

453,500 -

W3. Build understanding of our water resources

Monitoring water resources 310,200 -

State water planning and management contribution3

1,439,300 -

  Program support2 249,200 -

Nature N1. Protect and restore our native vegetation and freshwater ecosystems

Nature stewardship 224,600 40,000

Catchment recovery in the Cudlee Creek bushfire catchments (SG)

- 2,600,000

N2. Conserve and rehabilitate our coastal, estuarine and marine ecosystems

Restoring coastal and marine habitats for wildlife conservation (LPF)1

- 250,000

N3. Recover our threatened species and ecological communities

Back from the Brink (RLP) 29,700 763,500

Bandicoot superhighway (FNPW) 43,000 125,000

Threatened orchids recovery (RLP) - 30,700

Management of Australian Government partnerships for biodiversity outcomes (RLP)

- 212,600

  Program support2 287,900 -

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Priority Primary focus areas Projects Levy funded expenditure

($)

Externally funded

expenditure ($)

Climate C1. Transition to net zero carbon emissions

Transition to zero emissions 73,500 -

C2. Build climate resilience of our nature

Woodland birds resilience (SG) - 400,000

C3. Build climate resilience of our communities and agriculture

Climate readiness of industries and communities

48,500 -

Cudlee Creek local economic and bushfire recovery (LER DPIR)

- 2,343,400

  Program support2 240,600 -

Community P1. Foster a regional culture of landscape stewardship

Raising community awareness 321,000 87,000

P2. Walk alongside First Nations in looking after Yarta / Ruwi (Country)

First Nations partnerships project 29,600 263,200

P3. Strengthen shared understanding of landscape management challenges

Regional dialogues and partnerships

392,500 -

P4. Increase community capacity to manage our landscapes

Engaging community and volunteers

259,900 -

Grassroots Grants 220,000 -

Building community capacity through environment centres (LPF)

34,200 640,400

  Program support2 305,100 -

TOTAL     7,402,100 8,929,200

1 This budget includes the Landscape Priorities Fund funding for two years, a portion will be carried-over for implementation of the project in 2022-23.2 Included in the ‘Program Support’ for each priority are board and committee expenses, monitoring and business running costs.3 State Water Planning and Management contributions include the following functions: water licensing and assessment, water resource monitoring, state and condition reporting for water resources, compliance activities and water planning advice to support the management of water resources. These services are provided by the Department for Environment and Water, including departmental staff based regionally.

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Board operationsThe board consists of seven community members with a range of skills and knowledge, appointed by the Minister for Environment and Water. For more information about the board members, see the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board website at www.landscape.sa.gov.au/hf. From 2022 three of the board members will be elected by the community.

In 2021-22, the board has the following committees to support its operations:

• Risk and Performance Committee;

• Water Planning Steering Committee;

• Water Allocation Planning Advisory Committees for McLaren Vale, and the Western and Eastern Mt Lofty Ranges.

StaffingProjects and services are implemented by a team of dedicated staff who work for the Landscape Board. Day-to-day operations of the board are managed by a General Manager who employs the staff. The staff are public sector employees.

In 2021-22, it is anticipated that there will be 42.4 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions (28.5 FTE funded by levies and 13.85 FTE funded by external funding). The H&F levy-funded staff salaries and on-costs will cost $3.25M. In Table 3, these staff costs are apportioned to the projects that they will deliver.

In 2021-22, the board will contract the Department for Environment and Water to provide Corporate Services support.

Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board members: Andy Lowe, Drew Smith, Chris West, Amy Williams, David Greenhough, Carol Schofield, Janet Klein14

Measuring progressThe board has a MERI (Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement) plan that sets out how it will monitor and evaluate the progress and impact of its programs.

This includes:

• producing a community-facing report and a statutory Annual Report showing how the levy funds have been spent in the financial year and what has been achieved;

• program level monitoring to evaluate and understand the impact of the board’s work and progress being made; and

• evaluation at the end of the Landscape Plan 2021-2026 period to understand how the plan’s implementation has influenced the condition of the region’s landscapes.

Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Plan 2021-26

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Planning frameworkAs shown in Figure 3, the work of the board delivered through the Business Plan contributes to the Landscape Plan alongside the work of other organisations and community in restoring and protecting the landscapes of the region.

The Landscape Plan contributes to, and aligns with, the State Landscape Strategy and other state, national and international policies and agreements.

Figure 3. Planning framework

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Landscape and water leviesTo enable the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board to lead the management of landscapes in the region, the Act provides for two types of levies to be raised: a regional landscape levy collected by councils from rate payers, and a water levy collected from water licence holders.

Why do we pay levies?The levies are the primary source of funding for the management of the region’s landscapes and natural resources. Our landscapes benefit everyone, which is why we all contribute to the levies. The levies enable the Board to deliver important programs, and also enable it to leverage significant, additional funding - greatly increasing the amount of work achieved in the region.

Regional landscape levyIn the Hills and Fleurieu region, the regional landscape levy is raised based on the value of rateable land. The landscape levy is raised and collected by local councils. Councils pay quarterly contributions to the Landscape Board and gazette a levy rate to reimburse themselves for this amount.

The total amount of income collected from the landscape levy in 2021-22 will be a CPI (Consumer Price Index) increase on the approved 2020-21 income.

In 2021-22, each council’s contribution is based on a 1% increase on 2020-21 contributions. For Alexandrina and Mt Barker Councils, the landscape levies will continue to be collected based on the Natural Resource Management (NRM) region boundaries (see Table 4). This will allow time for the Board to work with these councils to implement an equalisation scheme so that in future a common levy can be collected across the region.

Table 4: Council contributions to regional landscape levy income, number of rateable properties and collection fees for councils for 2021/22

Local government area Council contribution to regional landscape levy

2021-22 ($)

No. rateable properties

Council collection fees ($)

Adelaide Hills 968,258 18,749 7,244

Alexandrina (AMLR NRM area) 181,754 3,796 3,506

Alexandrina (SAMDB NRM area) 1,366,257 15,972 6,550

Mount Barker (AMLR NRM area) 112,998 2,160 3,097

Mount Barker (SAMDB NRM area) 1,526,804 16,430 6,665

Onkaparinga 319,717 6,593 4,205

Victor Harbor 408,808 11,262 5,373

Yankalilla 197,889 5,907 4,034

Total 5,082,485 80,869 40,673Industry bodiesEnvironment & agricultural groups

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Landscape and water leviesTo enable the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board to lead the management of landscapes in the region, the Act provides for two types of levies to be raised: a regional landscape levy collected by councils from rate payers, and a water levy collected from water licence holders.

Why do we pay levies?The levies are the primary source of funding for the management of the region’s landscapes and natural resources. Our landscapes benefit everyone, which is why we all contribute to the levies. The levies enable the Board to deliver important programs, and also enable it to leverage significant, additional funding - greatly increasing the amount of work achieved in the region.

Regional landscape levyIn the Hills and Fleurieu region, the regional landscape levy is raised based on the value of rateable land. The landscape levy is raised and collected by local councils. Councils pay quarterly contributions to the Landscape Board and gazette a levy rate to reimburse themselves for this amount.

The total amount of income collected from the landscape levy in 2021-22 will be a CPI (Consumer Price Index) increase on the approved 2020-21 income.

In 2021-22, each council’s contribution is based on a 1% increase on 2020-21 contributions. For Alexandrina and Mt Barker Councils, the landscape levies will continue to be collected based on the Natural Resource Management (NRM) region boundaries (see Table 4). This will allow time for the Board to work with these councils to implement an equalisation scheme so that in future a common levy can be collected across the region.

Table 4: Council contributions to regional landscape levy income, number of rateable properties and collection fees for councils for 2021/22

Local government area Council contribution to regional landscape levy

2021-22 ($)

No. rateable properties

Council collection fees ($)

Adelaide Hills 968,258 18,749 7,244

Alexandrina (AMLR NRM area) 181,754 3,796 3,506

Alexandrina (SAMDB NRM area) 1,366,257 15,972 6,550

Mount Barker (AMLR NRM area) 112,998 2,160 3,097

Mount Barker (SAMDB NRM area) 1,526,804 16,430 6,665

Onkaparinga 319,717 6,593 4,205

Victor Harbor 408,808 11,262 5,373

Yankalilla 197,889 5,907 4,034

Total 5,082,485 80,869 40,673Industry bodiesEnvironment & agricultural groups

Water levyWater levies are collected by the Department for Environment and Water on behalf of the Minister and paid to the landscape board.

In 2021-22, the H&F Landscape Board will raise water levies consistent with the levy basis used in previous years:

• for the Eastern Mt Lofty Ranges and Angas Bremer prescribed water resources (formerly in the SAMDB NRM region), levies will continue to be charged based on a rate per ML of water allocated, with a minimum charge of $200; and

• for the Western Mt Lofty Ranges and McLaren Vale prescribed water resources (formerly in the AMLR NRM region), levies will continue to be charged based on a rate per ML of water allocated.

The levy rates for 2021-22 (Table 5) are increased by CPI of 1% on the 2020-21 rates.

Water resource sharing arrangementsFor the prescribed water resource areas that are shared by Hills and Fleurieu and neighbouring landscape regions, the water levy is shared between the boards in proportion to the amount of water allocated in each region (see Table 5).

The board is responsible for water planning for the McLaren Vale Prescribed Wells Area, and the Western Mt Lofty Ranges and Eastern Mt Lofty Ranges (including the Angas Bremer) Prescribed Water Resource Areas. The H&F Landscape Board will work together with the Green Adelaide, Northern and Yorke, and Murraylands and Riverland Landscape Boards to ensure that water planning and programs are implemented collaboratively and consistently.

Table 5: Water levy rates and proportion of allocated water in each prescribed water resource in the Hills and Fleurieu region for 2021-22

Prescribed Water Resource Area (PWRA) / Prescribed Wells Area (PWA) and allocation type

2021-22 levy rate Proportion of the PWRA’s allocated water within Hills & Fleurieu

Angas Bremer PWA water taking allocation $6.82 per ML of water allocated or a levy of $200, whichever is greater

100%

Eastern Mt Lofty Ranges PWRA water taking allocation

$6.82 per ML of water allocated or a levy of $200, whichever is greater

98%

Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges PWRA water taking Lower Angas Bremer allocation (Flood)

$1.63 / ML 100%

McLaren Vale PWA water taking allocation $6.34 /ML 96%

Western Mount Lofty Ranges PWRA water taking allocation

(including water levy on organisations authorised under section 105 to take water)

$6.34/ML 93%

Western Mount Lofty Ranges PWRA public water supply - SA Water fixed charge

$1,268,358 100%

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